End-gate fastener.



PATBNTED JUNE 14, 19M- .Aa ABRAHAM.

` END GATE PASTENER.

APPLIUATLON FILED MAB. 4, 1904..

No MODEL.

gu idcways being formedbetweenspaced cleats 14, secured to theinner face of the side-boards in any substantial way. When the end-gate is inposition, the hooks 7 engage over the upper edges of the side-boardsB to hold thc same close against the ends of the part 6 and l prevent spreading thereof;

Having thus described the invention, what `is claimed asnew is- 1. In an end-gate fastener, the combination of a plate provided with keepers, a latch-bolt slidably mounted in said keepers, a fingerlpiece connected withthe latch-bolt, a stop projected from the fastener adjacent to one of said keepers and adapted to interlock the said finger-piece to hold thelatch-bolt in interlocking engagement, and a spring cooperating with the finger-piece to hold it in positive engagement with said stop, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described end-gate fastener' comprising a plate provided with keepers, a Stop adjacent to one of the keepers, a flange at the upper edge of the plate, a hook projected from said flange, and a web connecting said flange with the plate, a latch-bolt slidably mounted in the keepers, a lingerpiece connected with the latch-bolt, and a spring applied to said finger-piece and adapted` to exert a pressure against one of the keepers for holdingv said finger-piece in interlocking engagement with the aforesaid sto-p, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signatu rein presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH ABRAHAM. ['L. s]

Witnesses:

ROBERT GEHRKE, ALB ERT ABRAHAM. 

